Bronson Place

Bronson Place is a secluded residential cul-de-sac in Toledo, Ohio, about two miles from the central business district. Roughly twenty-nine lots loop around a shared, landscaped oval park, and the surviving houses were built between 1899 and 1913 in Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, Tudor Revival and Craftsman styles. Much of the work is credited to Toledo architect Harry Wachter. Land owner Samuel Brinkerhoff had the first four homes built in 1899, and realtor Elmer H. Close developed most of the rest. In 1913 residents incorporated the Bronson Place Company to jointly maintain the boulevard, park, lights and sidewalks, making it Toledo's first non-profit incorporated neighborhood. That arrangement influenced later communities, including Ottawa Hills and Brickhead Place. The district was listed for its community planning, landscape architecture and architecture, and for its largely intact early twentieth century character, with only minor alterations such as aluminum siding on some houses.